"Compensating Victims of International Crimes" with Professor Christopher Lentz
Room V
1111 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Presenting student organizations: International Law Society Human Rights Law Society
While there has long been consensus that victims of serious international crimes should be compensated for their injury and loss, the means to give effect to this principle remain under development. Christopher Lentz will discuss this emerging legal field, with a focus on recent developments towards securing reparations for internationally wrongful acts in Ukraine and elsewhere.
Christopher Lentz has worked for 15 years in the field of international justice, where he has gained practical experience in international criminal law and procedure, public international law and diplomacy, and related fields of international law.
He is currently based in The Hague, where he serves as a Legal Advisor in the Register of Damage for Ukraine. Prior to that, he contributed to international tribunals forming part of or otherwise affiliated with the United Nations, namely the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He held a variety of roles in these judicial institutions, including with multiple Offices of the President (2017, 2019–2024), Appeals Chambers (2013–2014), Trial Chambers (2009–2013), Offices of the Registrar (2012, 2014–2017), and an Office of the Prosecutor (2018–2019).
Over the course of his career, Christopher has drawn upon his experiences residing in Chile, the Netherlands, Tanzania, Thailand, and the United States. He holds a Doctor of Law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of both The University of Chicago Law Review and the Chicago Journal of International Law.